And...if I want to use SoftSqueeze do I just put the IP address in the 'SlimServer Hostname' and '9090' in SlimServer Slim ProtoPort?
-- Neil "Neil Cameron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Thanks; the clearest advive I've ever had! > One follow-up - if I 'forward' port 9000 will that interfere with my home > Slimserver operation? > > -- > Neil > > > "Geoff B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 1/3/06, Neil Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Or which port to forward ... > > Assuming you want to use SoftSqueeze from a remote location to play > music served up by your SlimServer at home: > Forward port 9000 to allow web access to the SlimServer > Forward port 9090 to allow SoftSqueeze access to the SlimServer > Port 3483 (mentioned in your original post) is actually used for > Terminal Services / remote desktop connection. You probably shouldn't > forward it unless you use a secure tunnel (see below). > > I don't use the same router/modem as you, so you're on your own with > finding the port fowarding setup; but it shouldn't be too complicated. > You just need to forward those two ports from the outside world (WAN) > to your SlimServer PC. > > This isn't particularly safe. Ideally, you would use a secure tunnel > to make it all a lot more, well, secure. To do this: > > Install OpenSSH on your SlimServer PC: > http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/ > > Install a client such as Tunnelier on your remote PC: > http://www.bitvise.com/tunnelier.html > > Generate a keypair in OpenSSH. I don't have the steps I used for > this, so you'll need to do some googling and reading, but it's not too > hard. > > Remove the port forwarding you set up, and instead forward just port 22. > > Then, in Tunnelier, set up C2S forwarding: > Listen interface: 127.0.0.1 > Listen port: 9000 > Dest Host: localhost > Dest Port: 9000 > > Listen interface: 127.0.0.1 > Listen port: 9090 > Dest Host: localhost > Dest Port: 9090 > > If you also want remote desktop access: > Listen interface: 127.0.0.1 > Listen port: 3483 > Dest Host: localhost > Dest Port: 3483 > > You can also have it execute SoftSqueeze automatically if you fill in > the 'Execute' field with the java run-time engine and SoftSqueeze jar > file name. Mine says: > "C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_07\bin\javaw.exe" -jar "C:\Program > Files\SoftSqueeze\SoftSqueeze.jar" > > Hope that helps > Geoff B _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
